antistrophe
Example Sentences
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The deceased was the tragic hero, the survivors the innocent victims; there was the omnipresence of the deity, strophe and antistrophe of the chorus of mourners led by the preacher.
From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison
And all the gapers, who had nothing of their own to suggest, answered with the antistrophe, “Who could it be?”
From St. Ronan's Well by Scott, Walter, Sir
The dancing even governed the measure of the stanzas; as the signification of the words strophe and antistrophe, plainly imports, they might be properly called danced himns.
From A Treatise on the Art of Dancing by Gallini, Giovanni-Andrea
The metrical scheme of this sonnet is simple: a strophe balanced by an antistrophe.
From Select Masterpieces of Biblical Literature by Moulton, Richard Green
Mr. Peaslee's reflections rose in a strophe of hope and fell in an antistrophe of despair.
From The Calico Cat by Thompson, Charles Miner
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
